Waterford History News
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Page operated by Willie Whelan. It focuses on Dungarvan & Waterford history (formerly Waterford County Museum).
TIME FOR CHANGE I'm rebranding this page to Waterford History News from Waterford County Museum. It'll post the same stuff :) Details on why it was time for a change here along with some of the projects I've been involved with: bit.ly/waterfordhisto…
The mid 19th century Avonmore Bridge at Cappoquin, Waterford was previously called Victoria Bridge. More information here: askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/e…
The River Blackwater at Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.
IRISH ANCESTORS? Explore graveyard inscriptions from across Ireland on historicgraves.com — a free tool for family history & local heritage. Start your search today. #Genealogy #IrishHistory #Ancestry 800 cemeteries, 100,000 graves, 196,808 people.
Join us in #Lismore this Sunday 27/07 2pm for our 2nd summer outing!
Just one more of Curraghmore House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford. I can recommend the house tour, something which I put off for years. I was a local tourist today. 😂
Remembering The Great O’Neill today d. 20.07.1616. Pic taken at the O’Neill & O’Donnell graves in S. Pietro Montorio Rome on the exact 400th anniversary when the O’Shea and I brought a wreath from Dungannon to Hugh O’Neill’s resting place.
Remembering The Great O’Neill today d. 20.07.1616. Pic taken at the O’Neill & O’Donnell graves in S. Pietro Montorio Rome on the exact 400th anniversary when the O’Shea and I brought a wreath from Dungannon to Hugh O’Neill’s resting place.
The original entrance to Curraghmore House, Co. Waterford, with the stag from the family crest at the top.
John Palliser (Jan 29, 1817 - August 18, 1887) Irish-born geographer & explorer. Born in Comeragh, Waterford, Ireland to Colonel Wray Palliser. Captain in the Waterford artillery. He was also Sheriff of Waterford. His first hunting expedition was in 1847 in the American West.
Visited the grave of John Palliser (1817-1877) today, one of #Ireland's greatest explorers. Famous for his survey of the interior of Canada undertaken for the Royal Geographical Society. Buried on the grounds of a little COI chapel found in the foothills of the #Comeraghs.
Memorial to local man Frank Dwan in Bunmahon Village #Waterford. He boarded the #Titanic at Cobh on the 11th of April 1912 on his way to visit his children in America; lost his life at sea when the liner sank on the 15th April.
You know the Royal Navy is in a dire situation when the Spanish Armada decide to give it one more go 😁
The Spanish galleon Andalucia is making her way into Bristol
FIND A GRAVE Aglish graveyard, Co. Waterford. You can read and search through the gravestone inscriptions on the @historicgraves website created by the mighty @JohnTierney_ and a host of volunteers. It covers all of Ireland. historicgraves.com/graveyard/agli…
Aglish Graveyard, Co. Waterford #Stones
In 1937, 56 Basque children fleeing war found safety in Newport and a team with The Basque Boys F.C. 🖤❤️ Our 25-26 Away Shirt honours their story with every name woven into the fabric. A bond remembered. A shirt that tells their story. #OneClubOneCounty #AthleticClub
Please support us today,Friday, in Tramore, where we are collecting at Aldi,Supervalu,Centra, and on the Prom and the Credit Union. Always here 24/7 to support you and yours at 116 123 or [email protected] 💚 😊.
A new book with a Waterford connection. It's hard to appreciate how important Gaelic games are to rural Ireland and the sense of community it engenders until you get involved. 😁 Up St. Pat's ⬜🟦
It’s All-Ireland hurling final week. I’ve loved hurling my whole life. But I’d never played it. Until last year, when... I moved to Waterford. I joined my dad’s club, Old Parish. I tried to understand by doing. And I wrote a book. Pre-order it from today linktr.ee/oldparish
English town names tell a lot of history. Anything ending in -caster, -cester or -chester was a Roman fort. -bury and -borough are Saxon forts. If it ends in -by it was settled by vikings (by is still the Swedish and Norwegian word for village.) -ford is a river crossing.
A fun facet of Chinese is that many city names are semantically legible as normal text instead of just as names. Shanghai = On the Sea Beijing = North Capital Shenzhen = Deep Ditch Fuzhou = Happy City Americans are used to names just being names. What the heck is a "York"?
There’s a surge in AI-generated “historical” images online — especially around tragedies. Many are fake, made for clicks, not truth. Before you share, check the source. Is it real history or a bot farm cashing in on emotion? This image is AI generated. 😉
#Dungarvan
🟡 New Dungarvan Welcome Ambassadors! 🟡 Kicking off Thurs 17 July, local volunteers will greet visitors, share tips & show off our lovely town every Thurs & Fri. I gave them a history tour as part of their induction—great initiative! 👋🗺️ #Dungarvan #VisitWaterford
🟡 New Dungarvan Welcome Ambassadors! 🟡 Kicking off Thurs 17 July, local volunteers will greet visitors, share tips & show off our lovely town every Thurs & Fri. I gave them a history tour as part of their induction—great initiative! 👋🗺️ #Dungarvan #VisitWaterford
